Comparison

Railo vs Puja Hopping

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Railo

Features
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Where's my train? Railo answers in one glance. Railo is live train tracking for Indian Railways, designed the way an iPhone app should feel — clean, fast, and calm. No ads, no clutter, no sign-up. Just the answer you need: where your train is, how late it's running, and which platform to stand on. LIVE RUNNING STATUS • The delay, front and centre — on time, minutes late, or cancelled • Next stop with expected arrival time and platform • The full route as a live timeline, with your train's position marked • Yesterday / Today / Tomorrow — Railo automatically shows the journey that's actually running, even for overnight trains FIND ANY TRAIN, FAST • Search by train number or name, with instant suggestions as you type • Works offline — the train and station directory is built in • Trains between any two stations, with timings and travel duration • Live station board — everything arriving at a station in the next hours PNR STATUS • Enter your 10-digit PNR to see coach, berth, and confirmation status • Booked vs current status for every passenger (CNF / RAC / waitlist) • Chart-prepared state, journey timings, and a one-tap jump to the train's live status YOUR TRAINS, ONE TAP AWAY • Bookmark the trains you take often; they live on your Home screen as live cards • Recent searches for quick re-checking • Full timetable for every train, grouped by journey day BUILT FOR INDIAN CONDITIONS • Poor signal? Railo remembers the last known status and tells you how fresh it is • Small, fast, and battery-friendly • Beautiful in both light and dark mode PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No ads. No tracking SDKs. • Your saved trains and searches stay on your device Railo covers trains and stations across the Indian Railways network — Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, mail, express, and passenger services. Have feedback? We'd love to hear it: shiva.ajanalkar@gmail.com

About

Puja Hopping

Discover Durga Puja pandals across West Bengal with this app. Plan your routes, find nearby food and essential services, and share your itinerary with friends and family. Explore over 500 pandals and enjoy the festival offline.

Highlights
  • Discover 500+ pandals
  • Curated and custom route planning
  • Share routes with friends and family
  • Find nearby food and essential services
  • Offline browsing of pandal and transport info
  • Festival countdown and reminders
Features
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From the first pandal to the last mishti, make every stop part of your Puja. Puja Hopping helps you explore Durga Puja pandals across Kolkata and selected destinations in West Bengal. Discover 500+ pandals across 8 zones, choose from 85 curated neighbourhood routes, or build a plan around the places you want to see. Share it with your people, find a food stop along the way, and enjoy the celebrations together. Find your next pandal: Browse by zone, search by pandal name or area, and use Near Me to discover what’s close by. Save your favourites for later. Plan a Pujo that feels like yours: Start with a curated route or create your own. Add pandals, rearrange stops and check estimated walking distances and times. View your route on a map, open a pandal in your maps app for directions, and mark stops as visited as you go. Get everyone in on the plan: Share curated and custom routes with friends and family. Import a shared route into the app, or turn your itinerary into a picture to share on social media. Give your group a plan to look forward to. Make room for something delicious: Find nearby restaurants, street food, cafes and sweet shops. Whether it’s a quick bite between pandals or a well-earned food break, discover places around you without starting your search from scratch. Keep the essentials close: Look for drinking water, public toilets, pharmacies, ATMs, parking and other useful places nearby. Access emergency helpline numbers and search for nearby hospitals and police stations. Figure out the journey: Explore Kolkata Metro lines and stations, plan a metro journey with interchange guidance, and search bus routes by number or stop. Find nearby metro stations and bus stops to help plan your next move. Stay in the Pujo spirit: Follow the festival countdown and turn on optional reminders before Puja days. Choose English, Bengali or Hindi to explore in the language you prefer. Keep your plans handy: Browse bundled pandal, metro and bus information offline. Your favourites and saved routes stay on your device. No account, no ads and no in-app purchases. Maps, online walking routes and fresh nearby-place searches need internet access. Nearby results depend on available map data. Pick your pandals. Bring your people. Make this Durga Puja your own!

Screenshots

Railo4 screens
Puja Hopping4 screens

Verdict

The call

Railo and Puja Hopping are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Railo versus Puja Hopping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRailoPuja Hopping
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShivukumar AjanalkarKhush Desai

In-app purchases

None

Railo

No in-app purchases

None

Puja Hopping

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Railo free?
Railo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puja Hopping free?
Puja Hopping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Railo or Puja Hopping have ads?
Neither Railo nor Puja Hopping shows ads.

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